Good apples : behind every bite / Susan Futrell.

Apples are so ordinary and so ubiquitous that we often take them for granted. Yet it is surprisingly challenging to grow and sell such a common fruit. In fact, producing diverse, tasty apples for the market requires almost as much ingenuity and interdependence as building and maintaining a vibrant d...

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Online Access: Full Text (via ProQuest)
Main Author: Futrell, Susan, 1955- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2017]
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Table of Contents:
  • At the intersection of apples and local
  • Immigrant apple
  • The people who grow the apples we eat
  • Making apples
  • Grafting remnants
  • Give the people what they want
  • Keeping the farm
  • The enterprise of apples for sale
  • Working apples
  • Pests and public science
  • Marketing the ideal
  • A way forward.